December 2011 - Part 2

Ahhhhh, VACATION! I always joke that we have to leave town to get Aaron all to ourselves, but it really is true! And then, we have SO much fun! Despite a 2.5 hour flight delay, followed by almost an hour on the runway for de-icing just getting out of Denver, our vacation was off to a great start. A huge Thank You to Southwest Airlines for their Photos with Santa set-up that provided an awesome distraction for the girls!

We started the trip off with a day at Disneyland/California Adventure right away! The crowds weren't too bad and each of the girls have new favorite rides. Colby loved Ariel's Undersea Adventure and Carter had a blast on Goofy's Sky Skool - although Mommy screamed the whole time! We then enjoyed several gorgeous days playing at the beach, Christmas Eve dinner with Jill, Justin, Haile & Cole and another day at Disneyland! Thanks to a very generous Christmas gift from one of my clients, we were able to go back on Christmas Day and enjoy all of our favorite rides all over again!

At the end of the trip, the girls and I stayed a couple of extra days with Jill and then detoured up to Portland for almost 2 weeks. Being away from Aaron was tough, but we had really enjoyed the family time. More pics from Portland will follow in the January post... if I don't forget ;)